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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – part 3

Posted on 10th October 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is part 3 of a blog series I’m doing to catalog my adventures through some of the programs I wrote back in 1988. Other parts of this series, including this one are listed below. Disassembling my old code … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – Part 2

Posted on 26th September 2020 by anyweb

Introduction In Part 1 of this series of blog posts I showed you how I started disassembling one of my old programs that I wrote in Z80 Machine code way back in 1988, my end goal is to not only … Continue reading →

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Disassembling my old code from 1988 – Part 1

Posted on 11th September 2020 by anyweb

Introduction I’ve always regretted losing the original discs (and CPC computer itself) that came with my original CPC 6128 as those discs contained every program I wrote using Z80 machine code. Losing that source code and all the comments I … Continue reading →

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Amstrad CPC 472 facebook group

Posted on 11th September 2020 by anyweb

Introduction This is an extremely short post to let you know I’ve created a Facebook group devoted to the Amstrad CPC 472 – we will use this group to post about anything related to the Amstrad CPC 472 including for … Continue reading →

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My second CPC 472 !

Posted on 11th September 2020 by anyweb

Well I think i’ll take a break from buying CPC’s as i’ve now got 7 of them, 2x CPC 472 2x CPC 664 2x CPC 464 1x CPC6128 This is 6 more CPC’s than I had back in the 80’s, … Continue reading →

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CPC 472 user manual arrived in the post

Posted on 20th August 2020 by anyweb

I bought this manual on the Spanish version of ebay, and it arrived today !. The interesting thing to note is that the cover states CPC 464 but the manual’s title stated CPC 472. The CPC472 came with some bizarre … Continue reading →

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My second CPC 464

Posted on 12th August 2020 by anyweb

Introduction I got this grey keyed 464 in February 11th or so 2020, but never got around to posting about it here. But, better late than never 🙂 Unfortunately It wouldn’t power on at all. Dead ! The motherboard is … Continue reading →

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Today I got a CPC 472 !

Posted on 12th August 2020 by anyweb

I’m growing my collection bit by bit, after doing a swap with Noel Llopis (in Spain), I got back a CPC 472 in the mail today, and it’s in lovely condition.   here’s the basic info (notice, BASIC 1.0) and … Continue reading →

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My 3rd 664 ! and this one is lovely !!

Posted on 24th July 2020 by anyweb

Introduction I don’t know what’s happening, maybe it’s my age (53), or maybe it’s Corona (Covid19), or maybe I’m just re-living my youth, but lately I’ve been very interested in anything Amstrad CPC 664 related. When these old CPC’s come … Continue reading →

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Retro brighting attempts on a CPC 664

Posted on 24th July 2020 by anyweb

Introduction Since I got my CPC 664’s, I was very interested in getting the blue keys looking deep blue just like in so many photos I’ve seen of the original CPC 664’s. So after a wee bit of research I … Continue reading →

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